Motoring offenders

An annual report which includes information on proceedings at Magistrates' courts, drug and drink driving offences and breath tests.

Key points

The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for motoring offences issued by the police (including traffic wardens) in Wales in 2013 was 77 thousand, a 17 per cent decrease on 2012. Speed limit offences comprised 45 thousand of these notices, or 59 per cent of all fixed penalty notices issued in that year.

In 2014, the magistrates’ courts proceeded against a total of 55 thousand motoring offenders, up 8 per cent on the 2013 figure.

In 2014, men accounted for 68 per cent of motoring offenders proceedings at magistrates’ courts.